Re: something is eating my iseries resources, but im not sure how to find it.

Certain actions that hurt performance, leave an audit trail that you can
inspect, and search for specific message ids.

You can look in DSPLOG for messages like these:

Message ID . . . . . . : CPI1479 Severity . . . . . . . : 60
Message type . . . . . : Information
Date sent . . . . . . : 01/29/09 Time sent . . . . . . : 15:32:53

Message . . . . : Interactive activity approaching capacity of installed
feature.

Message ID . . . . . . : CPF4058 Severity . . . . . . . :
00
Message type . . . . . :
Information
Date sent . . . . . . : 02/07/09 Time sent . . . . . . :
02:58:06


Message . . . . : Size of member HC1FI40 increased 17
increments.
Cause . . . . . : The size of member HC1FI40 file HC1FI40 in library
BP4TUSF
was increased 17 times the amount specified in the increment value of
the
SIZE parameter. The record format is IPHCIF and the member number is
1.